Passenger-register



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/ J. W. POWLER 8u D. P. LEWIS.

PASSENGER RBGsTBR.

No. 280,925. Pateated July 10, 1883.

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PASSENGERv REGISTER.

No. 280,925. Paten-ted July 10, 1888.

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JOHN NV. FOVVLER AND DANIEL F'. LEWIS, O BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

PAssEhGER-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,925, dated July 1o, 1883.

Application filed May 28, 1883. (No model.)

.20 all whom it may concern,.-

-Be it known that we, JOHN W. FowLER and DANIEL F. LEWIS., citizens of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, inthe State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Passenger-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is additional tothe series of inventions embodied in our Alarm passenger-registers or fare-registers, of different patterns, and described and claimed in United States Patents No. 185, 7 40, dated December 26, 1876, No. 190,021, dated April 24, 1877, No.v 207,728, dated September 3, 1878, No. 206,558, dated July 80, 1878, No. 231,161, dated August 17, 1880, Nos. 247,552 and 247,553, dated September 27, 1881, No. 271,977, dated February 6, 1888, and No. 273,675, dated March 6, 1883. It is more especially additional to our improvements in means for guarding the ringing of the bell within the register, so as to Arender reliable this audible indicati-on of lthe the ringing of the bell to attest such registration during the succeeding return-stroke, as set forth in our said Patent No. 190,021. The most common avenue to fraudulent ringing was thus closed; but it was' found that experts77 could sometimes cause the bell to ring.v without registeringby suddenly releasing the ringing device. after an .incomplete first stroke, and also, with greater difficulty, cause the bell to ring twice for one registration by suddenly reversing the return-stroke before releasing the ringing device, asset forth in our said Patent No. 247,552. These modes of falsely ringing the\bell Were finally effectually guarded against by our improved bell mechanism described and claimed in this last-named the registers containing said improved bell mechanism without registering one for each stroke of the bell, so far as we have been able to learn, is the leather ringing device, so termed from its ringing-cord of round leather,7 which passes over pulleys within the car,

.and is adapted to be operated by the hand of ,the conductor from .any point in the car or from either platform. Apart .from its fraudulent use, hereinafter set forth, said ringing device is excellent and deservedly popular, and the primary object of the first part of our present invention is to render fraudulent ringing as practiced therewith'impossible, without in any way complicating its legitimate use. Another object ofthis part of our invention is toluse for said purpose a bell-guard which will coact with the independent bell-lever of said improved bell mechanism without interference with the main functions of the latter 5 and a third object of the same is to provide for introducing said bell-guard into Alarm registers already in use without difficult alterations of the machines. Y

The primary object of the second part of our present invention, relating to the said improved rotary setting mechanism and the operation of signals thereby, as set forth in said Patents No. 271,977 and No. 278,675, is to provide, without losing security against fraudulent manipulation, for operating a trip-signal (of any description) by means of the setting knob or key when no fares or exactly one hundred fares have been registered during a trip, which will sometimes occur. Previous to this improvement, the trip-signal could not be operated under such circumstances without first ringing the bell, and registering one, to release the setting mechanism. This would involve noting the fact that one was so registered, and additional w rk in correcting the record of the trips, whic extra work and the explanations and delays attending the same it was important to avoid. Another object of this part of our invention is to utilize, additionally our setting-signal mechanism set forth in said Patents No. 271,977 and No. 273,675, without complicating its construction and mode of operation; and afinal object is to provide for attaching a knob as a substitute for a settingkey (as suggested in said Patent No. 27 3,67 5) in such a way that the machine may be furico nishcd with either the knob or the key at a moments notice, 4and so that the former will be unyieldingly fastened when in place.

Our present invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, whereby we accomplish the objects Aabove named, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Three sheets. of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof, bearing views in detail ofa large-dial Alarm passenger-register, anda leather77 ringing device connected therewith, illustrating this invention. Figure 1 of these drawings is a smallV face view of said register as hung in a street-car, showing those parts of said ringing device in the saine plane and beyond this plane, looking toward the front platform. Fig. 2 is an edge view of said register, showing the means by which it is hung, and said parts of the ringing device seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 2x is a fragmentary view in the opposite direction, supplemental to Fig. 2. Fig. 3 represents atop view of said parts of the ringing device, and a horizontal section ofthe board77 upon which the register is hung and Fig. 4 represents a fragmentary vertical section of the upper part of the car, showing said ringing device as extended to the rear platform. The figures above named are drawn to one andthe same scale. Figs. 5 to 12, inclusive, are views, on a larger scale, of the register proper and parts thereof, Fig. 5 being a sectional face view in the plane of the bell mechanism; Fig. 6, a face view with the lower half of the case in section in the plane ofthe setting-knob, and the setting-signal attachments omitted; Fig. 7, asectionalhalf-face view corresponding with the lower half of Fig. 6, showing the setting-signal attachments replaced, Fig. 8, a section through all in the plane indicated by the lines 8 S, Figs. 6 and 7, showing the parts below this plane, viewed at right angles to the plane of section, Fig. 9, a horizontal section through the dial-plate and trip-signal; Fig. 10, a detached view of the principal parts of the new bell-guard attachments; Fig. 11, a like view of parts ofthe set-- ting-shaft clutch, partly in section, illustrating its' alteration, and Fig. 12, a like view, partly in section, illustrating the knob attachment.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures, and the principal motions of the moving parts are indicated by arrows numbered alike in all places, and the same numbers and letters are used as upon the drawings of our said Patents No. 271,977 and No. 27 3, 67 5, as regards all those parts which arealike or substantially alike in form or function, as shown in the several drawings. Those parts of the register proper which are alike or substantially alike in construction and mode of operation, as shown in said drawingsl forming part of this specification, and those of said Patent No. 271,977, are, in brief, first, the back plate, B', case C', and dial-plate D', the latter, with the trip-dial thereon, relatively large as compared with said back plate; second, the trip -hand H and second unitshand, H2, revolving between said dial-plate andthe glass face-plate of the case, with their dials on said dial-plate, and the hun dreds-dial H:s below the dial-plate, exposing its indications through an index-hole; third, the spiderframe F" and bracket E, attached to the face of said back plate, and the stud-shaft C2, posts P3, and minor projections on said back plate fourth, the main slide S, with its pawl F, and retracting-spring s', and stud-pins p', one of the latter projecting through a slot in the back plate as means for pulling the slide 5 fifth, the vmain ratchet-wheel R, its shaft A', and its detent-pawl X, with the spring sx ofthe latter 5 sixth, the units-shafts A B, carrying said hands H H2, with the gearing P NV, P XV, connecting the same, respectively, with said shaft A', so that they rotate synchronously, step by step, in registering successive units seventh, the bell G, Fig. 5, with the bell-lever E, carrying the bell-hammer 71., andthe striking-spring s, connected with said bell-lever, which coact with said main pawl F to strike the bell after each unit is registered, and the detent D2, with its spring s, for preventing `more than one stroke of the bell during each return-stroke, eighth,the sleeve-shaft G,which is mounted onsaid stud-shaft C`, and carries the hundreds-dial H, with the means indicated at cx Cx for operating this dial at the end of each revolution of the units-hand H2, and for preventing false movements thereof, and, ninth, the rotary setting mechanism, comprising the radial rotary shaft D, Figs. 6,' 7, 8, and 12, supported by said bracket B at its outer end, and at its inner end by a pillowblock, B", attached to said spider-frame F, the fraud-preventing ratchet-wheel, pawl, and zero-stop J' XV' F',the setting-hub Linterposed between the trip-hand H and the shaft A, and the means for transmitting motion from said setting-shaft to said setting-hub, comprising the clutch-collar c, apart from features of construction hereinafter set forth, the clutch-collar c, and gears Ir b, with the setting-signal S', Figs. 1 and 7, its supports 0 T, light retractving-spring 8, and other appurtenances apart from immaterial alterations.

Thehangingboard A0 and its appurtenances, Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, are substantially similar to those shown in said Patent No. 271,977, apart from details of the former, which preferably conforms more nearly to the outline ol' the back plate, B', and is recessed so as to admit the pulling-bar D at different angles, as now shown. Thclatter (D3) and the bell-crank ringing-lever R2, theretov connected, with the support of the latter and the other parts of the ringing device seen in said figures, apart from the leather ringing-cord L', are also substantially identical with the parts so lettered in the drawings of said Patent No. 271,977.

The trip-signal T', Figs. l, 6, and 9, the pinion r, spur-wheel s, connecting-rod I, and lever U, which connect the setting-shaft D IOO IIO

therewith, the slot-and-pin connection c w between the lever U and signal T', and the posty Pt, bracket b5, and guides x, which support,

fuller descriptions of said parts and devices' shown therein, with their modes of operation and advantages, we will proceed now to describe the said leather ringing device, and more particularly to set forth those novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter claimed.

rlhe distinctive feature of` said ringing device is a ringing-cord, L', Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of round leather, 7 coupled to said ringing-lever R2 by a double-ended hook or loop of wire, and, through the medium of said lever R2, said ringing-bar D, and said pullingstud on the back of the main slide S, connected with the latter, and therethrough with the bell-ringing and registering mechanisms within the ease C. Said pulling-stud projects through a slot in said back plate, B', between a pair of guide-lugs on the latter, Yinto said recess of the hanging board A0, where it interlocks with said ringing-bar, which has a hole to receive said stud, asset forth in our said Patent No. 271,977. From the ringing-lever R2 said ringing-cord L' extends over pulleys y in-hanger-sheaves H0, Fig. .4, attached to the carlings of the car-roof, and a hooded sheave, S0, Fig. 4, attached to the rear end of the car, to the rear platform, where it terminates in a pulling-loop, and is provided with a tensionpiece, T", as seen in Fig. 4. Said tensionpiece consists of a longitudinally divided sleeve having its parts united by a pair of screws, which provide for looseningv it, so that the cord. may be drawntherethrough to take up slack therein, and for tightening it again and again, as required. so that, coacting with said hooded sheave S0, it serves to keep the ringing-cord taut, as well as to keep its outer looped end from being drawn in, so that the latter hangs within convenient reach under the hood of the rear platform. The ringingcord works best when so stretched, as it then responds instantly andvuniformly to downward pressure between the hanging sheaves, land enables the conductor to register more quickly than he could otherwise. A short cord, L2, of

the same round leather, connected in like manner to the ringing-lever R2, extends through a hooded ysheave, S2, on the front end of the car, and terminates in a pulling-loop above the frontfplatform,as clearly seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Owing to its direct connection with the main slide S, Fig. 5, as aforesaid, each pull on the ringing-lever R2, by means of either of the ringing-cords L' L?, is accompanied by a corresponding movement of said slide and the main pawl F, carried thereby, as indicated by arrows marked 1, and therewith a partial rotation of the main ratchet-wheel R and its shaft A', Fig. 5,*the pinions P 13"', Figs. 6 and 7, carried by the latter, the spur-wheels W W2, vwhich mesh therewith, and the shafts A B, on which the latter are fast, and which carry, respectively, the hands H H2. lf the latter are moved o ne onefhundredth of a revolution, as they should be at each impulse, the detent-pawl X, Fig.- 5, drops into a fresh interdental notch of the ratchet-wheel R, 'and a unit is registered on both units-dials, while the ratchet-wheel R is locked so as to coact with the bell mechanism in the return-stroke indicated by arrows 2, and when the pull is yrelaXed before the registering of aunit is accomplished the springs s2 s' 3X coact to turn the train backward, as indicated by arrow 2X, Fig.

,5, and set forth in said Patent No.247,552; but

the inertia of this train is unavoidably great as compared with that of the bell mechanism, especially in new machines, and the retractingspring s' of the main slide S, acting directly on said main slide, and therethrough on said bell mechanism, tends to do its individual workinstantaneously. Taking advantage of these facts and said sensitiveness of the long cord of a leather ringing device, fraudulent ringing has heretofore been accomplished, as aforesaid, by striking or pressing the taut ringing-cord L' and quickly freeing the hand therefrom, as illustrated by the bent arrow 1x in Fig. 2. Supposing the ratchet-wheel R to have been turned, as in the registering movements indicated by arrows'3, as far as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the newlyadded bell-guard G' to be absent, withsufficient inertia present in Athe registering mechanism. the instantaneous retraction of the slide,

S by the spring s' causes the pawl F to rise on the opposing incline of the ratchet-wheel and to move the bell-lever E, as indicated by the arrow 4, Fig. 5, sufficiently for a stroke of the bell by the hammer 7i, (indicated by arrow 4,) which consequently follows when the ratchetwheel, an instant later, returns, as indicated by said arrow -2 to the position of rest from which it was moved by the false stroke, ywhile no registration has been accomplished. To prevent this, said bell-guard G' has been intro duced. Apart from its pivotal screw pg and spiral retracting-spring sg, and the stud gs, Fig. 5, from which the latter is stretched, this attachment consists of a single part, preferably a malleable-iron casting,'as best seen in Fig. 10. Said stud [js may be cast on the back plate, as in the example, or may be formed by a pin or screw driven into a drillhole in any old back plate, while the pivotscrew pg takes the place of ashorter set-screw heretofore used at the same point to support the spider-frame F. Consequently the same can be added to the bell mechanism hereinbefore described in any of our registers, while it in no way interferes with the operation of IOO IIO

the bell-lever E and detent D, being wholly clear of the former when the ratchet-wheel locked, as seen in full lines in Fig. 5, and conscquently clear of the same during the return-stroke and legitimate bcllringin g period. Operated by the direct action of the teeth of said ratchet-wheel R, to which its lower end is litted, the bell-guard G responds to the least movement ofthe slide S, indicated by arrow 5?; and if such movement be sufficient to render fraudulent ringing otherwise possible, theupper end of the guard, which is concentric with the pivot pg, and works closely beneath the heel end of the bell -lcver E, moves beneath the latter, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and precludes any movement ofthe bell-hammer by means thereof, until said ratchet`wheel, with the registoring-train, is fully restored to its condition of rest. Should the slide be released before registering is accomplished, the pa-wl F held down, and can simply assist in restoring the ratchet-wheel R, and therewith the remainder of the registeringtrain, testata quo. rlhen, simultaneously with the detent-pawl X, the bell-guard G- returnsl to normal position, as seen in vfull lines in Fig. 5. ln like manner, at the end of each completed Vfirst stroke, the lower end of the guard Grvl enters a fresh interdental notch ofthe ratchet-wheel, ready for the succeeding registering operation. rlhese return movements of the guard (indicated by arrow 6'2") are automatically effected by its spring, 8g, which is putin tension during the effective movements ofthe guard by the ratchet-wheel. Suppose exactly one hundred passengers have been registered and rung for,77 as indicated by arrows l, 2, S, il, and 7, during a single trip or half-trip 7 the up trip, for example, as indicated in Figs. l. and (i. The trip-hand H, being al- .ready at 0, cannot be moved by the settingknob IC, owing to the action of said ratchet, pawl, and zeroguard .T \V F, as set forth in said Patent llo. 271,977, but the trip-signal 'il' must be set for t-he down 7 trip. Provision is made for setting the latter independently, under such circrunstances, without endangering fraudulent manipulation, as aforesaid, by rendering the clutch c c of the setting mechanism sclfadjustingj as shown in Figs. (i, 7, 8 and 1l. rlhe alterations have been eoniincd to the clutclrcollar e. This comprises a main casting, c, a shouldered pin, p, (seen in end view in Fig, 11,) which is provided with a spiral spring between its shoulder and the outer lug of the collar, as seen in Figs. 6 and 7, this spring tending to keep the large end ofthe pin projected, while it adapts the pin to be pressed in by the unyielding projection oli the clutch-collar c, when said projection happens to be opposite the pin. Heretofore this was only when one or two or 101 or 102 had been registered during a trip or half-trip. it now occurs also when the trip-hand H is at 0. To this end said collar has been provided with a slot, cs, and a stud-pin, cp, and a second spiral spring, se, stretched between said stud cp and said pin j), tends to draw the latter si dewise, so that it is in line with said projection on the collar c' when the latter, revolving with the trip-hand H, is at its zero-point, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Consequently if the knob K/ be pushed in when the trip-hand is already at 0, said pin of the clutch-collar c, instead of catching behind said projection on the collar c, and coacti'ng with the Zero-guard F to lock the knob, is pushed back by said proj ection, and when the knob is turned as heretofore in the setting operation, -as illustrated by arrows S, said pin ofthe clutch-collar c rides off said projection ofthe collar c, and the rotation ofthe knob is completed without obstruction. O11 the completion of a rotation, said pin ofthe collar c comes in contact with the square shoulder ofsai d proj cction ofthe collar c, and further motion, without first allowing the knob to be proj ectcd,is prevented, thus avoiding accidentally turning the knob too far7 which would necessitate two more turns to expose a given indication ofthe tripsignal. Said pin and projection are also as effective as heretofore, in combination with the Zero-guard F', as means for stopping the trip-hand at zero when it is set or reset, and fraudulent manipulation ofthe trip-hand is none the less effectively guarded against by said ratchet, pawl, and zero-guard, and the settingsignal S serves to guard the independent tripsignalsetting operation, as well as to guard the operation of simultaneously setting the trip-hand and trip-signal as heretofore. The knob 1C, and therewith the setting-shaft l) and iatehet-disk J/, must be thrust inward to release the latter at the beginning of either setting operation, as indicated by arrows SX, and in so doing Register not set,77 Fig. 7, inthe present example, is exposed throngh eorrcspomling openings in the dial-plate, Fig. l. rlhe movement of the setting-signal is indicated by arrow 9, Fig. 7. Any preferred settingsignal indication may bc used, and the same may be exposed through one or more openings, conformed to the mo tion of the signal S. rihc latter has been simplified as to shape, and its support o has been made to include the stud Afrom which its spring s" is stretched, so that by loosening three screws the whole ofthe setting-signal attachments, including the arml, Figs. 7 and S, may be removed from the register, as seen by comparing Figs. (S and 7.

rlhe tripssignal T, the respective movements of which are indi cated by arrows l() 1l, Figs. and 7, has also been improved in minor details as coinjiared with those representations of its respective parts shown in said 'Patent No. 273,67 5, the lever U being made in a single part, as proposed in said patent, while a pi votpiece, pp, interposed between the rod vI and said lever, obviatcs looseness of joints in a known way. Another change is illustrated by Fig. 9, and consists in the use of guides fr for the signal proper, of U shape in cross-section, which are readily made of sheet metal similar to that of which the body ofthe signal IOO lIO

` combinations therein shown.

is composed, and serve to keep the paper face of the signal from contact withthe edges ofthe opening through which it is exposed, or with tions, kk,`tted to said key-socket, and with'l an 'axial bore, countersunk at its outer end,

which, together with said screw-socket j, re-v i ceives a screw, ks.

The latter precludesl lengthwise displacement of the knob, and said projections kk preclude torsional yielding, while a key of the construction set forth in said Patent N o. 271,977 may be substituted for the knob without any alteration.

XVe do not limit ourselves to mechanical details herein set forth which are not essential to the respective features of our invention' as hereinafter claimed, nor to the use of said features, or eitherof them, in a large-dial machine, or in our own registers, except as in our claims limited.

We disclaim the within-described leather 7 ringing device, per se, as no part of our present invention, the same having been publicly used by us more than two years. We also disclaim, in favor of our previous patents hereinbefore referred to, all those features and Finally, we disclaim as old a bell-guard, broadly considered, as set forth in our said Patent No. 247,552, and means, broadly considered, for adapting a trip-signal to be operated by a setting knob or key when the trip-hand is already at zero, the latter in view of the fact that the trip-signal described and claimed in our said Patent No. 247 ,553, and previous trip-signals therein referred to, are adapted to be so operated. We claim as new and desire to patent under this specification- 1. In combination witha leather ringing device, as herein specified, a register having a spring-retracted main slide or its equivalent, a main ratchet-wheel receiving motion for the registering train or trains from said slide or its equivalent, a bell mechanism operated in part by said ratchet-wheel, and a pivoted bellguard coacting at its respective ends with said ratchet-wheel and with a moving part of said bell mechanism, and operated by the former' to lock the latter, so as to prevent puttingY the striking-spring in tension until the registering movement is completed, substantially as herein Set forth.

2.` The bell-guard G', in combination with a ratchet-wheel, R, forming part of a registering-train, a slide, S, or its equivalent, carrying a pawl, F, the bell-lever E, carrying the bell-hammer, the bell G, a striking-spring, s?, connected with said bell-lever, a pulling device applied to said slide or its equivalent, and retracting-springs s sg, applied to the latter and to said bell-guard, substantially as herein specified, for the purpose set forth.

3. The bell-guard G', with its pivot-screw pg and retracting-spring sg, as shown, in combination with the main ratchet -wheel and bell-lever'of our register as heretofore constructed, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination in a register, substantially as herein specified, of a rotary settingshaft connected with a trip -hand or its equivalent, and with a trip-signal, a zero-guard preventing the rotation of said trip-hand or vits equivalent by said setting-shaft when it is stopped at Zero, and a self-adjusting clutch, substantially as herein described, rendering the setting-shaft operative independently for setting the trip-signal. i

5. The combination in a register, substantially as herein specified, of a setting-shaftl adapted to be thrust inward and rotated in one direction to unlock it and set a trip -hand or its equivalent and a trip-signal, a zero-guard preventing the rotation of said trip-hand or its equivalent by said setting-shaft when it is stopped at zero, a self-adjusting clutch, substantially as herein; described, whereby said setting-shaft is adapted to operate said tripsignal independently, and a setting-signal operated by each inward thrust of the settingshaft to guard each and every rotation of the latteiyas herein set forth.

6. The combination in a register, substantially as herein specified, of the setting-shaft D,'adapted to be thrust inward and rotated,

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and constructed with the key-socket i and I screw-socket j, the knob K', constructed with the projections Ick and an axial bore, and the screw ks, fitted to said bore and screw-socket, as shown, for the purpose set forth.

JNO. VV. FOVLER.

c DANIEL F. LEVVIS. 4

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MONTGOMERY LINDSAY, p NVM. M. Covnnr. 

